Man struck, killed by MBTA train at Broadway station

Transit Police investigating incident

UPDATED 6:40 PM EDT Aug 24, 2013

BOSTON -

A man was struck and killed by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train in Boston Saturday morning.

MBTA officials said Transit Police and firefighters went to the Broadway station at 8:30 a.m. after reports of the man being struck by a Red Line train. The man, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities said it appeared that the man was trespassing on the tracks.

Service on the Red Line was suspended from the station to Park Street while the scene was cleared.

Transit Police detectives and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office are investigating.

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